AH ENTERPRISING NEEDLE.
a ZVrn Wandering Throagh Mr. Sti
rs lioaj for Two Years.
- r M. SUger, wholesale drogzlst
College place, had on exhibition
' :;i office desk yesterday n common
wi needle, an inch and a hall
'D with a blunt point, to which wu
tuAlied two inches of No. 10 thread
doubled, says the N. Y. Timet. To a
hundred inquirers during the day Mr.
Stiger answered that he had carried
the needle and thread in the muscles
of his right side for over two yeara.
Last Thursday evening when Mr.
Stiger retired he complained of a sharp
pain in his right hide, juat lelow the
shoulder blade, and Mrs. Stiger, while
attempting to relieve the pain, dirt
covered a small red spot, from the
center of which protruded the point of
a needle. She easily drew the needlo
and thread out, and when it was shown
to Mr. Stiger he remarked: "Then,
that has been the cause of all my ill
ness these two years."
Mr. Stiger was seen at his office yes
terday afternoon and told the follow
ing story:
"About two years ago I became sud
denly troubled with a pain in the thick
of my right thigh, and I treated my
self for rheumatism, hut I found no re
lief. The pain moved up my right
Hide and settled over the pleura region,
and I concluded that I had an attack
of pleurisy, and treated aceordingly.
For a year and a half the pain did not
let up. Then it ascended again, and
settled in the base of my right lung. I
was troubled with a constant coughl I
made op my mind I iiad gone into
eon.Mimption, and I consulted special
ists. Violent exercise was recom
mended, and the movement of the
muscles must have worked the needlo
out.
"I cannot imagine how I got the
needle and thread in me. I could not
have swallowed it. I must have sat
iijmmi it. Kvcry vestig;? of illness left
me and I felt like a new man. My
phv.Mciaus consider me a very fortu
nate man. br. they said, if the neeul
had irone inward instead of outward
my life would have been lost."
COT AHEAD OF THE BARBER.
It Took Breatn, bat tHm Sheaa Workod
I.Ike Charm.
lie Wanted to Avoid Preparations.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermorc tells this
tory: The daughter of a certain gen
t Ionian, who was quite well off, was to
be married. She had purchased her
trousseau, which was a gorgeous one.
from the apartments of the world's
most fashionable modiste. The bill
reached way up into the hundreds ami
was but a short step from a thousand.
The ceremony and reception in their
turn followed with all the brilliancy
characterist icof a nuptial of the society
world. The fond parent looked anxious-
Iv on as he thought of the immense
number of bills that would soon pour
in for his sympathy, and silently came
to the conclusion that it should be the
last.
After the event had passed and the
happy Mr. and Mrs. were speeding
away in a liolman enjoying all the
pleasantries of a honeymoon, he called
nis other uaugiiter to mm ajl sur
prised her somewhat by inquiring if
she had anv serious thoughts of matri
mony.
" hy, papa, she exclaimed, "you
know 1 haven t left school yet!
"i know tii:ii. replied iiie tather, as
he thought of his diminished hank ac
count, "but will you ever have?"
"Why. of course." was the blushing
maiden s repiv ; "you know all girls e.v
peet."
"Then." he answered, "when the
tinal point conies just let me know in
time, and I will give von $1,0" and
you and whoever it is may run off.
Anything to get awav from those
trousseaus and receptions."
Speaking In the Open Air.
Experiments have rdiown that a per
son speaking in the open air can be
heard a!ut equally as well at a dis
tance of It 10 feet in front, seventy-five
at each side, and thirty behind.
HE'S A NUISANCE.
The Silent Man
llore IV;lc and Should
ICelire.
l- not a man
impressive, or
What society wants
who can sit and look
ven a ma.'i who is famous and content
with hi fame, hut a man who will just
amuse it. or keep it gently alive in no
sense of dicomfort. with Smalltalk.
From this point of view the silent
man is worst of all. He is. in fact,
.-omething le than a nonentity. He
is present, and yet he is not present.
The minus sign represents him. and
not een his claim as a good listener
shall save him from contempt. Con
fessedly it is hard upon him, if he have
a constitutional timidity. But in that
ease, depend upon it, nature has not
Sx-en so remiss as to semi him into the
world unequipped with a variety of
elegant tastes and aptitudes, for the
cultivation of which he need not fre
quent society.
It would matter but little, of course,
if he were not likely to be a ositive
obstacle to the en joy merit of others.
In the interest of .small talk, however,
this asject of the case must be consid
ered. It is not to le endured that- he
.diall greet the srenial remark. "Mw
do you do?" with :t mere nod instead
it a ?v-jiij e inquiry, which, with
rdiiiar "..m t-. would In- the pre
lude to a lij iei lint refreshing bout of
commonplaces.
Even the systematic grumbler is not
-o dangerous ;t t'oe to our dear mall
talk as thi-. laeouic or dumb person.
Indeed, not infrequently, he prove to
be remarkably entertaining. For it
must not le supposed t hut because he
grumbles he is an unhappy or mis
anthropic person. By no means. The
real sufferers on this count are the
jieople who are too scrupulous vf what
they regard as the feelings of ot hers
lo venture to utter any complaints.
They suffer in secret, and are truly
miserable sometimes.
Not so the systematic grumbler. No
one offers him" th tax of sympathy.
II does not want it. however. H'u
wims and grievances are his stock iu
tri. It is an understood thing that
without them he would be a very dull
fellow. As it is they save his reputa
tion and set the half of small talk niov
jnir - no mattr in what direction.
Detroit has a barber who if talking
never existed would have invented it,
and still he is an excellent barber with
a good patronage. Sinco last Tuesday
evening, however, he has been wear
ing a countenance of gloom and disap
pointment, and some of his friends
think he is contemplating suicide.
At 7 o'clock of the evening men
tioned a man evidently from Chicago
came in, says the free Press, and re
moving his external integuments took
a chair.
"Shave, sir?" inquired the barber,
getting his implements ready.
"Certainly." responded the customer,
fixing himself comfortably. I haven't
been shaved for three days owing to
the fact that several days ago, in re
sponse to an invitation from a man
whom I know only slightly, having
met him but once or twice during his
trips to Chicago on business in which
we were both interested. I went over
here into a back county of Canada
about fifty miles from any railroad
station, in a section of country where
there weren't any razors except those
the hogs wore on their backs, and I
haven't been able to slide my chin
against anything sharper than a Cana
dian zephyr 20 degrees below the ica
notch, and the consequence has been
that I have had a growth of bristles
that I think if ray wife should run her
face against on my return to my native
village would give her such a shock
that she wouldn't let mo come near
her again for the next six months, or
at least until I had promised her faith
fully that I would never let myself get
into such a condition again, even if I
went to the wilds of Africa, where I
suppose a man's whiskers, in the lux
uriant climate of that latitude, would
grow to such a thicket of hirsute stub
biness that there wouldn't be any way
! of cutting them, unless he imported a
double-strength reaper and mower
with rc-enforced knives in order that
there might not be any mistakes in
the accomplishment of the job for
which it had uever been designed, but
for which, thanks to the excellence of
American manufactures.it would read
ily adapt itself in an emergency of this
kind, provided it were in the hands of
a competent and efficient person who
knew exactly its capabilities and was
conversant with the proper methods
of its application to You ain't
through, are you? I don't want any
shampoo, haircut, or anything else.
How much? Fifteen cents? Here's
your money."
And slapping on his coat and hat he
bounced out without giving the bar
ber a chance to say a single word.
A Remarkable Piece of Glassware.
One of the most remarkable pieces
ot oll Lyzantine glassware now in ex
istence is the "Euek of Edenhall,"
which never was broken, notwith
standing the poem of Uhland, trans
lated by Longfellow. At one time the
hair-brained duke of Wharton let it
fall, but the butler, the ancient sene
schal of the house, caught it in a nap
kin. It is the property of the Mus
grave family, an heirloom which has
been cherished many centuries. Le
gend says it was snatched by a mem
ber of the family from the fairies by
the well of St. Cuthbert in the garden
of the mansion of Edcniiall. and the
elves in anger called after him as they
llew away:
1 f ever this jrlnss do break or fall
l-'aivwcll the luck of Kdt nliull.
But the Luck of Edenhall has not
yet been broken, though it is a glass
of exuuisite thinness. It is still kevit
by the family as one of their most
precious possessions in a nieuueval
case or t.ecoratod leather, and guarded
with sedulous care. X. Y. Tribune.
fassional curio makers dri.ll a hole in
each end, take the inaide out, and then
the shell is carved and mounted in
silver. There are three Uyers of the
shell, and the carving is done so as to
show three colors. The siUer is set in
the first layer, so thick is it. and when
it is all carved and ornamented by the
silver it is handsome." Son Francisco
Chronicle.
Gold Dut for Iriakn.
Almost anywhere about the old
adobe building a pan of dirt will show
a goort color of gold dust. How this
gold camo to be scattered about is ex
plained by a few old pioneers who
lived with Gen. Sutter. One source of
loss was by the prevailing process of
cleaning the gold of dross and black
sand. This was done by blowing with
the mouth or a small hand-bellows.
Another waste occurred in the bar
room, winch was located on the east
side of the fort in the basement. It
was customary, when a man wanted a
drink, to deposit his buckskin sack up
on tne oar, ana alter the liquor was
disposed of, the barkeeper walked up
to the bag, oiened it and with his fore
finger and thumb, took a liberal pinch
of the shining dust. Sometimes the
buckskin bag leaked, ami the careless
miner in his perambulations would
leave behind him a trail of yellow
dust, like a farmer going to mill with.
nis wueat sacKs carelessly untied.
Bijf Trousers.
- -s
.... tL .
A clothing company- o.. raunton.
Maso., has received an order ir a pair
r . fr . , . I . . ,f. .
or trousers ii i-z incnes. wa'si, -z'J in
side seam, thigh 41, knee 31, bottom
jl-i, for st man who weighs GOO pounds
anil is only 2') years old at that. It
will take three yards of double-width
cloth to do Uiu wi rk.
akan Up.
Taken up at ray farm 2 miles
outh of Plattsmouth, Wednesday
Februry 3rd, one yearling- heifer calf
and out yearling steer calf, both red
in;irkc! with tip of left ear cut off
and " ' cut on under side. Party
may o.ive s;nne by paying' for ad
ver. i. coie.it and proving owner
whip. Hl.M F. IIOKNIftG.
-Ti'ii Arnica Salve.
Til-. 'r.M - Ai.VK in the world for Cute
Bruits- . i.:-. I'u t is. Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, I 'i r. t luij.pi d Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, -oet .i Eruptions, and posi
tively Mir-- I do, or no pay required.
It is gu fnnf i ii ' ejve satisfaction, or
money reiunde.i. Price 2. cents per box.
For 81 e b V . Krieke
Your next veaftfe washing
January t.s jjone, yet some papers
are still fublisliinr those lists of
marriageable young men.
Do not confuse the famous Blush
of Roses with the many worthless
paints, powders, creams and
bleaches which are Hooding the
market. Get the genuine of your
druggist, O. II. Snyder, 7f cents per
bottle, and I truarantee it will re
move your pimples, freckles, black
heads, moth, tan and sunburn, and
give you a lovely complexion. 1
Called His Bluff.
Two lassies from the Salvation army
strolled rather than marched up Broad
way the other night, carrying their
bundles of the War Cry, asking every
one mey passeu lo euv, says ine ix. i,
Mornimj Advertiser. The theater per
formances were just over and th
streets thronged. Many were the re
buffs received, but they took it in good
part and responded with a cordial
"May the Lord bless you!" At last the
twain approached a crowd in front of
a cafe near the Bijou theater. "Haven't
any change," said a stout, red-faced
sport, whose features are always to be
seen on the Kialto. "All I've jrot is a
f-W bill." "Lord bless you, sir, we can
change it," said the meek little wo
man in the poke bonnet. "All right.
here you are; I owe you a quarter.eh?"
The soldier-girl handed over a paper
and reached down in her somber dress
for her purse. The purse was a -reat
bag. She slowly counted out nine
silver dollars, a dozen half dollars, and
then quarters, dimes, uickels, and peu-
nies without end. The red-faced sport
was so handicapped with coin when
she gave him the change that he could
r"
hardly move. "May the Lord bless
you. sir!" said the demure woman usi
she moved away. But there was a
twinkle in her eye and a quiver around
the mouth that made the crowd laugh
heartily. The Salvation army girl had
called the sport's bluff.
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This remedy is becoming so well
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exist and it is guaranteed to do al
that is claimed. Electric Hitters
will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples,
boils, salt rheum and other affec
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Will drive malaria from the system
and prevent as well as cure nil ma
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constipation and indigestion try
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Price 50c and $1 per bottle at h. Ci
Fricke & Go's drugstore. 5
Church Howe has $100,000 invest
ed in his Nemaha county stock
farm and has 125 head of trotting
horses.
A Fatal Mistake.
Physicians make no more fatal
mistake than when they inform pa
tients that nervous heart troubles
come from the stomach and are of
little consequence. Dr. Franklin
Miles, the noted Indiana specialist,
has proven the contrary in his new
book on "Heart Disease" which may
be had free of F. G. Fricke & Co.,
who guarantee and recommend Dr.
Miles' unequalled new Heart Cure,
which has the largest sale of any
heart remedy in the world. It cures
nervous and organic heart disease,
short breath, fluttering', pain or ten
derness in the side, arm or shoulder.
irrejrular pulse, fainting, smother
ing, dropsy, etc. His Kestorative
Nervine cures headache, fits, etc.
A Strange Story of a
from New
Urutp'a
Mexico.
A strange instance of jeaTousr in an
animal is reported from a ranch in the
range northwest of Silver City, N. M.
A Mexican named Juan Lopez some
years ago caught a young mountain
lion and raised it as a pet. He had
the animal completely under subjec-
The Merman merchant marine stands
next to that of England. In lS). the
latest year for w hich figures have been
published. Merman vessels made 55,
931 voyage. carrying -Jl,o'J,i)T2 tons
cf cargo.
EMU-MULE.
A Difference nf Only One Letter in the
Name of the Two Ablest Kickers.
Dr. .. E. Usher of London, fellow of
the Koyal Meographical Society and a
portsman of note, who has been in
Arabia and other remote parts of the
globe hunting for big game, has ar
rived here from North Queensland and
the desert region known as the North
Territory, in Australia. This is an
enormous st retell of country thou
sands of miles in area, infested by
cannibals, in which are giant emus.
nombat ami wallaby. It was to hunt
the emu that Dr. Usher made his trip
there.
"A parlv of us went up in that frw
north region," he said last night. "We
were among the cannibals, who are
great in size, being six and a half feet
high ami physically perfect. It is a
dry. sandy region for the roost part.
Km us in large numbers are to be
found over this territory. We hunted
them on horseback, and it was rare
port, for the reason that thev can run
as fast as a horse, ami a very good one
at that. We found the catching of
emus almost as interesting as cours
ing, besides having a certain spice of
danger aUut it.
uAn emu can kick as hard as a
horse. I have seen men kicked so
hard by this vicious bird that their
legs were broken. If I had my choice
of being kicked by a horse r an emu
1 think I would take the hor.-e. The
emvi siaiids on one leg. and with the
tit her strikes a quick and most par
alyzing blow. 1 never would have be
lieved that a bird bad such power had
I not had ocular evidence of it. during
this trip. After two or three of our
men had sufiei-t-u from the ternho
kiek of these birds we did cot venture
near them, but afte, running our
horses till we got eloe enough would
lriug them down with our rifles. We
did not approach' them till w knew
they were dead. We killed them for
their feathers, although they are not
so valuable as those of the ostrich.
-We also hunted for their e.ggj,
which are to be found in the Hand, but
in doi ng this we took care not to col
lid with thft-mu. The eggs are more
in demand than the feathers. They
r wery beautiful, and ar tough
bat it ia 4iKtU w Wrkthra. Pro-
tion and it w as as docile with him as a
house cat. The lion is now about 4
years old and is full grown, but it has
always been accustomed to sleep at the
foot of the bed of its mas-ter and has
followed him like a flog when he went
around the place. Lopez hail the lion
trained for hunting and it was always
with him except when he came to
town. It had never shown any danger
ous disposition when with other peo
ple, and would allow visitors to fondle
it.
Lopez recently married and his
bride insisted that the lion should be
"iade to sleep out of the. house, ax she
was afraid of it. Lopes, assented to
her wishes and built a house for his
pet near the door of his cabin. When
he attempted to make the animal go
in it that night the brute for the first
time was disposed to rebel against the
wishes of its master, and the result
was that it received a whipping. It
went sullenly into the box. but all
night long the Mexican and his bride
could hear its low growls. Next morn
ing the animal slunk into the house
and curled up in a corner, repulsing
the caresses oi its master. It was
sullen all day, but the bride noticed
that it watched her constantly. and she
became so nervous that she insisted
that her husband should get rid of the
big lion, and he promised to do so as
soon as possible.
The second night it went to if hut
out-dde with little opposition and next
morning Lopez started to town to lind
a purchaser for his pet. He left the
iiuimal at home ami told his wife to
pay mi attention to it but go about
her work as if it was not in the house.
lxpez hal no diflieulty in finding a
purchaser for his lion, and about 5
o'clock in the evening started home
pretty well intoxicated with mescal,
lie arrived home after dark, and was
surprised to find the house dark. As
he entered the place and groped about
he stumbled over something on the
floor. Stooping down he discovered
t hat the object was a woman's body.
He quickly struck a light, and was
horrified nt the sight that met his
g.
The young wife had been torn to
pieces by the savage brute. The strug
gle could not have been long, aj the
marks of the teeth showed that the
lion had jumped npon her back and
broken her neck at the first bite. It
then bad torn the victim to yar-eda.
The animal. after completing his bloody
work, had fled to the mountains and
has not since been seen.
The young husband's grief was so
jrret that he became insane and had
to be confined to prevent him from
taking his life-
It Should be in Every House.
J. 13. Wilson, 371 Clay St., Sharps
burg-. Pa., says he will not be with
out Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
that it cured his wife who was
threatened with Pneumonia after
;in attack of "La Grippe." when
various other remedies and several
physicians had done her no good
Kobert Harber, of Cor-csport, Pa.,
claims Dr. King's New Discovery
has done him more good than any
thing he ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it
Free trial bottles at F. G. Fricke &
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and $1.00
The girl's industrial school build
ing at Geneva is Well along tow ard
completion, and is said to be admir
ably arrangek for its purpose.
A Mystery Explained.
r The papers contain frequent no
tices of rich, pretty and educated
girls eloping wilh negroes, tramps
and coachmen. The well-known
specialist. Dr. Franklin Miles, says
all such g'irls arc more or less hys
terical, nervous, very impulsiv e, un
balanced; usually subject to Head
ache, neuralgia, sleeplessness, im
moderate crying or laughing. These
show a weak, nervous system for
which there is no remedy equal to
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The principal of the U lyases
schools has bt-en arrested tin the
charge of unnit-tcifully beating his
pupils.
Startling Facts. j
The American people are rapidly j
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and the followtriir suggests, the i
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